Improvement in corpse-preservers



GEORGE w. NASH.

Improvement in Corpse-Preservers.

No, 115,229, I Patented May 23,1871.

Illll L i/ s ones W. NASH, oricoLUMBUs;

onto, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND jcnouenJAulson, or SAME PLACE.

u Letters Patent lio(115,229, dated May 23,1871.

IMPROVEMENT m C(ADIRPSE-PRES'ERVERS.

p The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and makingpart of the same.

I GEORGE W. NAsH,of Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio." have inventeda new and useful Improvement in Corpse 1?reservers, of

whi'chfthe followinglis a specification.

My invention relates torefrigerators for preserving corpses, and consists in a removable ice-chest at'the headend. of the case so thahwhen' the usual ice-box is placed over the body, (and which does not extend overgthe head, as it isf-necessary from time to time to View the body,) this ice-chest surrounds that part of l the head. and body of the, corpse not covered by the ice-box, andcan be emptied and filled by merely lifting it out, without disturbing the corpse, a lid closing it when in use. i 3

I Inthe accompanying drawingproved corpse-preserver, and

Figure 2a top or plan view of the same with the I lids removed.

A represents the box, constructed with sides inclin ing slightly from the headend toward the foot end. On cleats, B, attachedio the sides of the box A,

rests the ice-box O, constructed with a convex bottom, D, and provided atthe foot end with a pipe, (I,

through which the" water from the melting ice can (as cape. i

This ice-bozt extends only ever part of the box A,

I the headfend notbeing covered by it.

A'lid, E, covers the ice-box'O and case A, leaving a" small space,;a a, alharound the ice-box between it and the lid, which latter, at' its foot end, is provided with suitable-air-holes ."In the head end of case A is placed a removable a open ice -box,jF, provided with a semicircular concave inner face, j, which surrouudsthe head end of a perl forated board, G, which rests on. feet g, and on which 'thecorpse is laid j Y r 1 The edges of this ice-box F are bent over the sides and headend of case A, audit is covered, but not closed, by a suitable removable cover, H.

At the bottom of the case A,at its footend, is se- Kcured a pipe," it, through which foul air and efliuvia may escape.

l The bod'yisplaced upon the perforated board G,

which is then placedinlthe case A. The ice-box 0 is then filled. with ice and placed in its proper position, as shown in the drawing, and covered by the cover or lid'E; f c I l The ice-box F aroundthe head is then filled with ice. l y Y Air is admitted at the foot end of lid E through air-holese, and passes over the ice in box 0 down through the spacea a, over and under-the 'body, and

tied, whenever desirable or necessary, without dis turbing any of the, other parts;

' This ice-box F'does not extend up to but is open at the top, and communicateswith the chamber A by a space, '5, which forms a passage beneath the cover H from the open ice-chamber into a the body of the case. i .Figure 1 is'a longitudinal centralsection of my im- This passage also forms a direct communication from the open ice-chamber at the head to the open ice-chamber above the body, andthe cold air from the two ice-boxes meets in the main chamber A, and thereby completes and facilitates the circulation of the cold air above the body and beneath the perforated-bottom;

In this respect the open-head ice-box is of special advantage inconnection with the upper open ice-box 0, with' whic'h'it communicates through the air-pas: sage a at the head of the upper box. p

In corpse-preservers it is desirable to have the head portion of the lid removable to ascertain the condi- 1 tion and state of the body, and, consequently, the ice-box O is'made so as not to cover the head'and upper portion of the body; but, on removing-the separate lid over the head portion of the box, hot or warm air is admitted to that portion of the-body, and frequently the very efl'ect of the ice-box G prevented or overcome. But by my arrangement the lid H can safely be taken off, as the cold air, being heavier, will prevent the warm air from reaching the body, thus .allowing thebody to be inspected often and at any And in time without danger of admitting warm air. this manner the finest burial-clothes on the body can "be kept perfectly free from soil or stain.

Having thus described'my invention,

'What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a corpse-preserver, the open removable ice-chamher F, arranged to surround the head and shoulders of the body and communicate with the chamber A, in combination with the upper open lice-box 0, arranged to also communicate with thechamber A .at the passages an, as described.

' GEORGE W. NASH.

Witnesses:

' D. J. BENBOW,

WM. JAMISON. I

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